Lariat slide



June 8, 1965 1', CARROLL 3,187,396

LARIAT SLIDE Filed Nov. 2, 1964 INVENTOR.

JOHN T. CARROLL ATTORNEYS .tained in adjusted position along the lariat.

3,187,396 LARTAT SLIDE John '1. Carroll, North Providence, R1,, assignorto The Lorne Company, Inc., a corporation of Rhode island Filed Nov. 2,196%, Ser. No. 468,256

1 Claim. (Ci. 24-123) This invention relates'to a lariat slide which maybe used to vary the'size of the loop of a lariat such as may be placedabout the neck of the wearer.

Heretofore, lariat slides have usually had some sort of United StatesPatent frictioning material such as caulk located within a hollowcontainer which would friction one of the strands of the slide so thatit might be held in place and the slide re-' Such slides were subject tolimited use because of the wear on the caulk material and were primarilyutilized in connection with textile fiber strands of lariat material,metal strands such as snake chains or the like being usually too harshfor satisfactory wear by'such friction material.

One of the objects of this inventionis to provide a slide which willWithstand the wear of metal strands such as metal snake chains or thelike for a substantial length of time. 7

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple slide which maybe assembled about the strands by mechanical operations.

' Another object of the invention is to provide a resilien material ofmetal which will friction and sold the strand in adjusted position inthe slide. 7

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the lariat showing the slide of this inventionmounted thereon;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the slide on a larger scale andillustrating the position of the resilient frictioning member as heldtherein;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view on substantially line 3-3 of FIG. 2; and YFIG. 4 is an exploded view showing the three parts of the slide.

In proceeding with this invention, I have provided two sections whichform a hollow box-like container and within which there is located aresilient metal member for frictioning a strand from which the lariat isformed. The sections each havea wall from which side walls extend andtelescope one within the other so that there is provided either a backand front wall or top and bottom wall with double side walls which locktogether by reason of interengaging parts, the whole being of such acharacter that it may be assembled about the strands which form thelariat or the ends of the lariat may be passed therethrough.

With reference to the drawings; the strand it} which may be a metalsnake chain, is formed in a loop having an open center 11 with endportions 12 and 13 extending in substantial parallellism after they passthrough the lariat slide designated generally 14. These end portions areprovided with tips as at 15 and 16 so that they may not be unthreadedfrom the slide after passed therethrough.

The slide comprises two sections, one designated 17 and the otherdesignated 18 (FIG. 4). Thesection 17 has a top wall 20 from whichopposite side walls 21, 21 extend downwardly. The bottom section 18comprises a bottom wall 22 from which. side walls 23, 23 extendupwardly. These side walls 23 are spaced a distance somewhat less thanthe distance between the side walls 21 and telescope into the side walls21 so that the edges of the side walls 23 3,137,396 Patented June 8,1965 engage the inner surface of the top wall 20, while the edges of theside walls 21 are substantially flush with the outer surface of thebottom wall 22. Thus, there is formed a hollow structure well-supportedagainst crushing. The side walls 23 are notched as at 24 at either endand receive within them tongues 25 which extend from each of the sidewalls 21 and are bent so as to lock the side walls in telescope positionand leave the assembly with open ends as at 26 and 27 as seen moreclearly in FIG. 3. The side walls 21 and 23 are each provided with anarched section so as to provide a concave'inner surface for a purposewhich will be presently pointed out.

vThe friction member designated generally at 30 (FIG. 7

which by reason of the fold 31 tends to spring away from the plate 32 sothat when the plate 32 is located against the bottom wall 22, the jaw 33will move by its resilient action toward the top wall 20 of the slide.In

order that the friction member 31) will not slide endwise in the device,the locating plate 32 is arched outwardly as at 34 so as tosubstantially fit the arcuate inner surface of the walls 23 and liesuperimposed on the correspondthe friction member 34 is prevented. Thejaw 33 is also arched outwardly to assist in such locating but is of asize so that it may freely move toward and from the top wall 20. The jaw33 of the friction member may be deilected outwardly as at 36 so that atthis location as Well as adjacent its end portion 37, it will engage thelariat strand it) which will pass through the open ends 26 and 27 of theslide. Thusythese portions 36 and 37 will urge the lariat toward theinner surface 38 of the top wall 20 so as to provide a good frictionholding of the parts by the slide. r

If it is desired to increase the encircling size of the area 11, it ismerely necessary to move the slide 14 toward the ends 15, 16 enabling itto be passed over the head and then the slide 14 may be moved away fromthe ends 15 and 16 to decrease the size of the encircled metal 11 so asto tighten the same about the neck as desired.

I claim:

A lariat slide comprising a hollow container having top and bottom wallswith side walls extending therebetween and with open ends, through whichopen ends a pair of strand-like parts may slidably extend, said top andbottom walls having edges with an arched section, said side walls havingan arched portion connected to said arched section and extending betweensaid edges, a friction member of sheet stock forming two legsresiliently urged apart, one leg forming a jaw for engaging a pair ofside by side strands, said other leg having a part extending into thearched portion of the side walls, said jaw being resiliently urgedtoward one of said top and bottom walls to resiliently grip a pair ofstrands between the jaw and the top or bottom wall toward which it isurged and hold the strands in adjusted position.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 707,241 8/02Knapp 24-1158 2,846,688 8/58 Meeker 2150 2,861,313 11/58 Ruf 24-1163,075,266 1/63 Gaupp 24-116 FOREIGN PATENTS 10,706 5/11 Great Britain.

DONLEY I. STOCKING, Primary Examiner.

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